Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction

DV Conti, BF Darst, LC Moss, EJ Saunders, X Sheng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is a highly heritable disease with large disparities in incidence rates across
ancestry populations. We conducted a multiancestry meta-analysis of prostate cancer …

TMPRSS2:ERG Gene Fusions in Prostate Cancer of West African Men and a Meta-Analysis of Racial Differences

CK Zhou, D Young, ED Yeboah… - American journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The prevalence of fusions of the transmembrane protease, serine 2, gene (TMPRSS2) with
the erythroblast transformation-specific–related gene (ERG), or TMPRSS2: ERG, in prostate …

Characterizing prostate cancer risk through multi-ancestry genome-wide discovery of 187 novel risk variants

A Wang, J Shen, AA Rodriguez, EJ Saunders, F Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The transferability and clinical value of genetic risk scores (GRSs) across populations
remain limited due to an imbalance in genetic studies across ancestrally diverse …

Evidence of novel susceptibility variants for prostate cancer and a multiancestry polygenic risk score associated with aggressive disease in men of African ancestry

F Chen, RK Madduri, AA Rodriguez, BF Darst, A Chou… - European urology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Genetic factors play an important role in prostate cancer (PCa) susceptibility.
Objective To discover common genetic variants contributing to the risk of PCa in men of …

[HTML][HTML] Testing the generalizability of ancestry-specific polygenic risk scores to predict prostate cancer in sub-Saharan Africa

MS Kim, D Naidoo, U Hazra, MH Quiver, WC Chen… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Genome-wide association studies do not always replicate well across
populations, limiting the generalizability of polygenic risk scores (PRS). Despite higher …

Validation of a multi-ancestry polygenic risk score and age-specific risks of prostate cancer: A meta-analysis within diverse populations

F Chen, BF Darst, RK Madduri, AA Rodriguez, X Sheng… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Background: We recently developed a multi-ancestry polygenic risk score (PRS) that
effectively stratifies prostate cancer risk across populations. In this study, we validated the …

Evaluating approaches for constructing polygenic risk scores for prostate cancer in men of African and European ancestry

BF Darst, J Shen, RK Madduri, AA Rodriguez… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Genome-wide polygenic risk scores (GW-PRSs) have been reported to have better
predictive ability than PRSs based on genome-wide significance thresholds across …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating trans fatty acids are associated with prostate cancer in Ghanaian and American men

TZ Minas, BD Lord, AL Zhang, J Candia… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The association between fatty acids and prostate cancer remains poorly explored in African-
descent populations. Here, we analyze 24 circulating fatty acids in 2934 men, including …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic signatures of gene flow and malaria-driven natural selection in sub-Saharan populations of the" endemic Burkitt Lymphoma belt"

MH Gouveia, AW Bergen, V Borda, K Nunes… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Populations in sub-Saharan Africa have historically been exposed to intense selection from
chronic infection with falciparum malaria. Interestingly, populations with the highest malaria …

[HTML][HTML] A rare germline HOXB13 variant contributes to risk of prostate cancer in men of African ancestry

BF Darst, R Hughley, A Pfennig, U Hazra, C Fan… - European urology, 2022 - Elsevier
A rare African ancestry–specific germline deletion variant in HOXB13 (X285K, rs77179853)
was recently reported in Martinican men with early-onset prostate cancer. Given the role of …